Daimo B
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Originally posted by Colin
Mates had a few Calibras & the Transfer box has always fucked up on them & that was running pretty much standard power.
Sorry but thats the fault of the drivers.
The Transfer boxes need to be serviced regulary, and most of them are not.
Don't service them, it'll go pop. Running standard power should not break them unless they are ragging it everywhere, or its not been serviced.
As a 4x4 system it sucks, but as a standard 204bhp engine transfer box, it runs fine.
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Marc
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Is there an uprated replacement available?
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Mates had a few Calibras & the Transfer box has always fucked up on them & that was running pretty much standard power.
Sorry but thats the fault of the drivers.
The Transfer boxes need to be serviced regulary, and most of them are not.
Don't service them, it'll go pop. Running standard power should not break them unless they are ragging it everywhere, or its not been serviced.
As a 4x4 system it sucks, but as a standard 204bhp engine transfer box, it runs fine.
It's the fault of the engineers for designing such a shitty system. You can tell what GM said:
"We want a 4x4 system to be cool like Ford, but we don't want to pay for it..."
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Nic Barnes
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its nothing like the ford set up from early 90s ed so thats just a silly comment.
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ed
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I stand by the statement that they wanted a 4x4 system on the cheap.
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by ed
I stand by the statement that they wanted a 4x4 system on the cheap.
Calibra was a cheaper car than the cosworths.
It was never a rally bred race car so never needed a hugely brilliant transfer box.
If you kept up the services, the transfer box on a standard engine would be absolutly fine. I even think it would be ok on a phase 2.
Vauxhall ARE cheap cars, not motorsports cars.
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Paul_JC
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as far as ive known the astra ive seen is running a mix and match of 4x4 systems from the cali and something else.
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jr
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who go throught the effort of using a historically good systerm which was massively underdeveloped
if your doing all that work, use a decent system in the first place
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jr
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Originally posted by VXR
Vauxhall ARE cheap cars, not motorsports cars.
this would be technically correct, if they hadnt taken the 4x4 rallying, or indeed won BTCC titals ?
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Nic Barnes
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if anything the vaux stuff is more complex than the ford so i wouldnt say cheaper. Its basically similar to audi stuff now. Perhaps it was just before its time.
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SXI - Matt
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Originally posted by mattk
I dream of Lamorghinis with Pixie Lott in the passenger seat
but fair enough if Cavilers are your thing...
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Griffiths1991
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quote:
Originally posted by SXI - Matt
quote:
Originally posted by mattk
I dream of Lamorghinis with Pixie Lott in the passenger seat
but fair enough if Cavilers are your thing...
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